LEA or Charter Name Moore County Schools Number: 630 School Name North Moore High School Number: 332 School Address: 1504 North Moore Road Robbins, NC 27325 Plan Year(s): 2014-2015 Date prepared: updated 9/12/2013 Principal Signature: Local Board Approval Signature: Date ------ Date School Improvement Team Membership From GS 115C-105.27: The principal of each school, representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants assigned to the school building, and parents of children enrolled in the school shall constitute a school improvement team to develop a school improvement plan to improve student performance. Representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants shall be elected by their respective groups by secret ballot...parents serving on school improvement teams shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic composition of the students enrolled in that school and shall not be members of the building-level staff. Committee Position* Name Committee Position* Name Chair Mark Burger Parent Kelly Lambert Teacher Johnna Davis Parent Dianne Wyatt Teacher Janet Smith AP Carla Neal Classified Jenean Garner AP Joseph Patterson Counselor Sherry Cameron Principal Jennifer Purvis Teacher Mike Fury Parent Tammy Matthews Teacher Randy Brady Teacher Ann Hussey Teacher Keith Mabe Teacher Cynthia Albert Teacher/EC Classified/Parent Teacher Beth Luck Migulina DeGuillien Heather Beane School Improvement Plan 1 of 10 11/13/14
School Improvement Plan School: North Moore High School Principal: Jenny Purvis Pathway: Critical Element: Current Growth Stage: [X] Learning [ ] Community Assessment for Learning [ ] Beginning [X] Progressing [ ] Culture [ ] Leadership [ ] Advancing [ ] Excelling What data provides evidence of current growth stage? EVAAS Data on EOC Scores from 2013-2014 School/Teacher Growth Data for 2013-2014 Annual Objective: Students will achieve AMO proficiency in the targeted area: 61.9% Reading (36) 57.0% Math (35) 60.8% Biology (44) Mid Year Target: All first semester EOCs will meet or exceed AMO target proficiency percentages. School Improvement Plan 2 of 10 11/13/14
Action Steps/Strategies Acceleration of identified students at the end of each block (10-15 min) to preview next day s vocabulary and the essence of the next lesson so that the foundation can be laid for future understanding and learning. Focus student learning objectives on the Common Core State Standards so that everyday teaching and assessments are aligned with EOCs, VoCats,Common Exams Utilize "I Can" statements Intentional checks for student understanding of learning objectives utilizing higher order thinking questions Writing every day, every student, every class Team Members Implementation Monitoring Completion Resources/ Needed All Staff Data of students not projected to reach proficiency as indicated in EVAAS Ongoing and support in using active learning structures and strategies from the MCS Instructional Support Matrix NC Common Core and Essential Standards Structures/st rategies to check for understandin g Person(s) Responsible Heather Beane Jenny Purvis/ Principal Carla Neal/ Joseph Patterson APs Evidence(s) Lesson Plans / observation data Roster of identified students within each class Lesson Plans Assessments / observation data Reporting Timeframe Feb. 2015 April 2015 Feb. 2015 April 2015 Target Date Completed School Improvement Plan 3 of 10 11/13/14
Action Steps/Strategies Use of Bloom s Revised Levels in lesson planning and creation of I can statements so that daily instruction mirrors assessment expectations. in all content areas will incorporate at least 2 opportunities per week for sustained eyes on text as to increase Lexile levels so that growth and achievement will be seen in all content areas. All teachers will provide students with 2 extended formative testing simulations where sustained reading and stamina can be built and learning gaps identified prior to formal testing so that students will be prepared for final exam. All classroom teachers will adhere to content standard pacing guides provided by MCS and ensure that depth of learning is achieved by completing all Task Analysis and Assessment prompts so that mastery of content is achieved, resulting in increased proficiency. Team Members Implementation Monitoring Completion Resources/ Needed Bloom s Revised Levels Content area reading passages on appropriate lexile level. Online Lexile identifier; newsela http://www.read works.org/ SchoolNet Thinkgate(Eleme nts) MCS Pacing Guides Person(s) Responsible Jenny Purvis/ Principal Mark Burger Evidence(s) lesson Plans Assessments / observation data Dept. Heads lesson plans /observation data Reporting Timeframe Feb. 2015 April 2015 Target Date Weekly Dept Heads Assessment data Mid-Semester End of Semester Staff Walk-throughs Lesson Plans Observations Interim Assessments Weekly may 2015 Completed School Improvement Plan 4 of 10 11/13/14
School Improvement Plan School: North Moore High School Principal: Jenny Purvis Pathway: Critical Element: Current Growth Stage: [X] Learning [ ] Community Engagement [ ] Beginning [X] Progressing [ ] Culture [ ] Leadership [ ] Advancing [ ] Excelling What data provides evidence of current growth stage? Observation/Walkthrough Data of classrooms indicate that 100% of classrooms are physically arranged for use of active learning structures but <70% of classrooms use active learning structures in daily lesson facilitation. Annual Objective: >90% of classrooms will use engagement structures that are appropriate to their content area including active learning structures and/or collaborative technology on a daily basis. Mid Year Target: >80% of classroom will use engagement structures that are appropriate to their content area including active learning structures and/or collaborative technology on a daily basis. School Improvement Plan 5 of 10 11/13/14
Action Steps/Strategies NMHS Kagan Teacher Leaders will create a top 5 structures list and will review these 5 structures with entire staff so that those who are new will have a starting set of structures and veteran's will have a review. Additional structures will be shared at each monthly staff meeting. Team Members Kagan Teacher Leaders Implementation Monitoring Completion Resources/ Needed Class Rosters Kagan resource books Person(s) Responsible Carla Neal/ AP Evidence(s) lesson Plans Assessments / observation data Reporting Timeframe Oct. 2014 Monthly Target Date June 2015 Completed NMHS DIF will provide PD Tech Sessions for staff each Thursday during planning periods as to increase capacity in the area of embedding learning strategies through the use of technology so that student engagement is increased. Technology Tyler Callahan/DIF Lesson Plans / Observation Data Student work samples Weekly June 2015 will work to incorporate the use of Chromebooks into daily lessons as tools for communication, organization and collaboration so that engagement in content area standards is increased and work is more meaningful and relevant. MCS Digital Website DIF Support Jenny Purvis/Principal Lesson Plans / Observation -Sample lesson Plans Assessments / observation data Weekly June2015 School Improvement Plan 6 of 10 11/13/14
School Improvement Plan School: North Moore High School Principal: Jenny Purvis Pathway: Critical Element: Current Growth Stage: [ ] Learning [ ] Community Academic Safety [ ] Beginning [ ] Progressing [X] Culture [ ] Leadership [ ] Advancing [X] Excelling What data provides evidence of current growth stage? Current Graduation rate of 90.5% Annual Objective: Continue to maintain a graduation rate >90% Mid Year Target: >90% of students will be on target to graduate at the end of second semester. School Improvement Plan 7 of 10 11/13/14
Action Steps/Strategies will make referrals to SST for those students in danger so that a focused intervention plan can be created. PEPs will be created/updated for students who are at-risk and in danger of failing so that strategic interventions can be put in place to increase academic/behavioral success. Focused intervention blocks will be provided for students during the last three weeks of the semester during planning periods so that intensive support is in place for review prior to EOCs. Team Members Guidance Office Guidance Core Curriculum Department Heads Implementation Monitoring Completion Resources/ Needed Staff/Guidance Meetings Spreadsheet updated monthly with strategies for all students with PEPs for staff access EVAAS Data -Planning time/formative assessment data Person(s) Responsible Betsy Pilson Heather Beane Danny Brown Jenny Purvis Jamie Brown Randy Brady Mike Fury Evidence(s) Referral log to SST PEPs created, implemented and ongoing updates Increase in EOC proficiency and growth levels Reporting Timeframe Nov. 2014 Jan. 2015 Mar. 2015 Nov. 2014 Jan. 2014 Mar. 2015 Jan. 2014 June 2015 Target Date Completed School Improvement Plan 8 of 10 11/13/14
School Improvement Plan School: North Moore High School Principal: Jenny Purvis Pathway: Critical Element: Current Growth Stage: [ ] Learning [ ] Community Emotional Safety [ ] Beginning [X] Progressing [X] Culture [ ] Leadership [ ] Advancing [ ] Excelling What data provides evidence of current growth stage? OCR Survey results from 2014 indicate an average of 23% of the total student population would not report an incident of bullying or harassment. Annual Objective: 95% of students will say they would report an incident of harassment or bullying on the 2015 OCR survey. Mid Year Target: At the end of first semester, when responding via Google Survey, 85% of students will say they would report an incident of harassment or bullying. School Improvement Plan 9 of 10 11/13/14
Action Steps/Strategies SGA in collaboration with the theater dept will present information and educational skits during class assemblies so that students understand how to identify bullying and harassment and proper response to such incidents SGA will publish a Student to Student monthly newsletter which will be emailed to all students which will include character building and antibullying strategies so that students gain tools to prevent, stop and report bullying and harassment. Team Members SGA Theatre Implementation Monitoring Completion Resources/ Needed Assemblies by class Person(s) Responsible Heather Beane Kim Fielder-Jones Alex Wiseman Jenny Purvis SGA Google emails Heather Beane Student Rep from bullying taskforce Jamie Brown Evidence(s) Completion of assemblies Monthly Newsletter Reporting Timeframe Target Date Dec. 2014 Dec 2015 By end of each month June 2015 Completed "I Do It the MUSTANG WAY! Respect, Responsibility, Integrity Everyday Everywhere" T-shirts will be given to students recognized for demonstrating outstanding character so that a heightened sense of awareness is created within the student body. All Staff T-shirts recommendation s from teachers and staff Jenny Purvis -log of T-shirts awarded and reasons why monthly June 2015 Creation of a link on the district/school webpage to be used for reporting incidents of bullying or harassment. In addition, all students will receive a link via student e-mail/chromebooks which can be used to report directly to principal and SRO so that students have a more comfortable way of reporting incidents. Webmaster Principal SRO Technology Tyler Callahan Jenny Purvis Jerry Aponte Submitted Reports OCR Survey Data June 2015 June 2015 School Improvement Plan 10 of 10 11/13/14